Archived announcements for September, 2005

Calendar & News Resumes Publication Sept. 1
The first issue of the Calendar & News will be resume
on Thurs., Sept. 1. The Calendar & News is
published every Thursday during the academic
year, except during vacations, by the Office of
Public Affairs.
This publication contains two types of information
—calendar listings and official news
announcements. Calendar listings include all
college-sponsored public events for which space on
campus has been reserved. For information about
how to reserve space (and to have your event listed
in the Online Calendar and in the Calendar & News),
see www.amherst.edu/intranet/events.
Official news announcements are taken from those
submitted to the Intranet and e-Digest. To submit
an announcement, go to www.amherst.edu/
intranet and click the "Submit an Announcement" link at the bottom of the "Announcements" box.

Pratt Dorm Construction
On Friday, May 13, the renovation of
Pratt Dorm began. Vehicular
access around Webster Circle
remained available until May 30, but some
parking will no longer be available in
that area. Fencing will ring the
building, and the center of Webster
Circle will become a staging area for
the work. For a map showing
the various construction areas on
campus and parking implications,
visit the Physical Plant Website.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~phyplant/

Morrow Dorm Renovation
Morrow Dorm renovation began June 1,
part of the Pratt and Morrow project that
began in mid-May. The areas around the
two buildings and the circle between
them is a hard-hat construction
zone. No parking is available inside
the fencing. Pedestrian paths around
the site will be maintained outside the
fenced perimeter. The
pedestrian access north of Pratt (next
to the Arms Music Center) will occasionally be unavailable, but
this will be kept to a minimum. The
project will continue through the
summer of 2006, and students will move
in to the newly renovated buildings in
the fall of '06.

Town of Amherst 2004 Drinking Water Quality Report Available
The Safe Drinking Water Act passed in
1996 requires that public drinking water
suppliers send annual Consumer
Confidence Reports outlining the quality
of drinking water provided to consumers.
This report details where your water
comes from, what it contains and the
risks that water testing and treatment
are designed to prevent. The Town of
Amherst's 2004 Water Quality Report is
available on the Town of Amherst Website
at www.amherstma.gov. The report is also
available through the Town of Amherst
Department of Public Works, 413/256-4050.
For more information: www.amherstma.gov/departments/Public_Works/pdf/2004_water_quality_report.pdf

Join the Amherst College Women's Intercollegiate Golf Team
Coach Michelle Morgan is recruiting golfers who have some
experience to join our intercollegiate
golf team this fall and spring. She
will work with anyone who is
interested in developing their game
and learning to compete -- you must only be
willing to make a commitment. This
is a great avenue to better your game
so that you can use it after
graduation in your personal and
business lives. Please contact Coach Morgan as
soon as possible to discuss the
requirements. Call x2362 or e-mail mcmorgan@amherst.edu. Even if your experience
is limited, don't hesitate to call.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~sports

South Pleasant Street Road Work Update
Amherst College’s work in South
Pleasant Street, to install four
crosswalks, narrow the roadway and
add islands, is substantially
complete. Future work in the middle
of the road will be limited. The work
remaining -- paving the sidewalks
leading from campus out to the
crosswalks and installing new curbs
along the road -- will continue through
the week of August 29. Seeding and planting,
including the greenscape on three of
the islands, will proceed when the
weather is favorable. The Town of Amherst will begin repaving South Pleasant Street
from Snell Street to the Route 9
intersection during the week of Aug. 29, with actual
pavement installation on Thursday, Sept.
1 (as weather allows). Since the
Town’s paving work is much more
intense, requiring one lane to be
closed for short periods of time, the Town
intends to set up a detour along
Orchard Street when the paving
occurs.

Front Room Is Now Friedmann Room
Over the summer, the Front Room of the
Keefe Campus Center was renamed the
Friedmann Room. The name change honors
Philip M. Friedmann '67, co-owner and
vice president of Recycled Paper
Greetings, and is made in recognition
of his generosity and interest in
student life.

Mellon Foundation Awards Humanities and Social Science Grant to Amherst
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New
York has awarded Amherst College a
matching grant of $1.5 million to create
an endowment to bring young scholars to
campus as postdoctoral fellows in the
humanities and social sciences. Under
the terms of the Mellon grant, Amherst
will have three years to raise an
additional $1.5 million from individual
donors.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09mellongrant.html

Amherst Foreign Study Adviser William Hoffa Recognized for Work
The NAFSA Association of International
Educators, the leading professional
organization for international education
and foreign exchange, has presented the
2005 Homer Higbee Award to William Hoffa, the study abroad adviser at Amherst
College.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09williamhoffa.html

Traditions and History of Amherst College: An Evening Celebrating Our History
Saturday, Sept. 3, from 7:30 to
9 p.m. in the Archives and Special
Collections (A Level of Frost Library,
next to the Media Center). Join us in the Archives and Special
Collections for a night celebrating
the storied history of Amherst
College. Peruse publications and
scrapbooks from the 19th and early
20th centuries, view photographs from
generations past, learn about old
traditions and much more! Drop by and stay for as long or as
short as you’d like. Refreshments will be served. Brought to you by the Student Advisory
Committee to the Friends of the
Amherst College Library, with the
generous support of the Amherst
College Library.

Jazz Jam Session Sept. 4
Please join us in Room 7 of the Arms Music Center
for our annual September Jam Session. We provide
everything except the talent...that's where you
come in! We support any instrument and all voices.
We will have music available, and plenty of food.
Drop in to meet new musicians or get reacquainted
with others you've jammed with in the past. Event begins at 9:30 p.m. on September 4 (see you at the music
department info meeting at 4:30 p.m. that day). Sponsored with gratitude by Jazz @ Amherst
and the Orientation Committee.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~jazz

Emily Dickinson Museum Announces Major Gift from Kaneka Corporation of Japan
The Emily Dickinson Museum announced
today that it has received a $50,000
gift from the Kaneka Corporation of
Japan for capital improvements to the
Dickinson family homes in Amherst.
Kaneka’s gift marks the first corporate
contribution to the Emily Dickinson
Museum’s campaign fund and also
represents the first major donation to
the museum from outside the continental
United States.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2006_07kaneka.html

Amherst College Donates $70,000 to Local Schools
Amherst College has donated $70,000 to
the Amherst public schools to support
the technology needs of schools in the
town of Amherst. “American colleges and
universities need to recognize the
fundamental importance of the secondary
schools,” says Anthony W. Marx, the
president of the college. “Education is
the best tool we have for making the
world a better place, and Amherst
College is pleased to support the work
of education at its foundations.”
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2006_07schoolgift.html

Opening Convocation Rehearsal Sept. 5
All students are invited to participate in an open
rehearsal in preparation for Opening College
Convocation on Monday, Sept. 5, at 10 a.m. in
Room 3 of the Arms Music Center. We will be learning two
songs to perform at Convocation during the morning
rehearsal, and then meeting again in the evening at
6:30 to warm up and walk together to Johnson Chapel
for Convocation. Join us!

Opening Convocation Is Monday, Sept. 5
Opening Convocation is Monday, Sept. 5,
at 7:30 p.m. in Johnson Chapel. The
event is open to everyone, and new
students are expected to attend.
Faculty are asked to arrive at Johnson
Chapel in academic regalia no later
than 7:15 p.m.

Important Information About Student Phone Service
The Office of Network & Telecommunications Systems advises returning
students of a change to the way phone
service will be offered next year. In
past years, Verizon mailed a phone
registration packet to your home during
the summer, turned on provisional dial
tone in your dorm room before you
returned, and conducted phone
registration events in the Campus
Center before and after Labor Day.
These services and the once-
familiar “542” extensions were features
of Student Centrex, a program that
Verizon will not be offering at Amherst
College in 2005-06. Instead, students
may use cell phones or order
residential phone service from Verizon. Verizon cites the proliferation
of cell phones as the reason for
declining Centrex subscriptions at
Amherst College—from only 600 in 2003-
04 to fewer than 300 in 2004-05. Other
colleges and universities in the
Northeast have seen even steeper rates
of decline, according to Verizon. Centrex service has become increasingly
less-viable, as intense commercial
competition has created a wide range of
options for consumers. You will not be affected by the
loss of Student Centrex if you already
use cellular as your only telephone, or
if you have neither a wired phone nor
cell phone as a matter of personal
choice. College telephones located in
dormitory entrances and/or hallways
will continue to provide access to
Campus Police and other college offices.
You have two options for phone service next year: Alternative #1—Cellular service: Cellular service can be ordered
from any company that has coverage in
the Amherst area. Alternative #2—Wired residential service: Residential phone service for
your dorm room may be ordered from
Verizon by calling (800) 870-9999 or by
visiting www.verizon.com. Verizon
suggests service order placement
approximately two weeks before service
is needed. Please be advised that
installation delays are possible. The
college will facilitate Verizon’s
access to campus telephone wiring after
a student has ordered residential phone
service from Verizon.

New Anti-Spam Initiative Launched
On Monday, July 25, Amherst IT
brought online two powerful anti-
spam solutions to help stop junk e-
mail from reaching Amherst
destinations. Be aware, however, that
one of the solutions can cause
anomalies in your incoming mail.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/it/news/20050725greylisting.html

Network Registration
Starting Wednesday, August 24, all computers not
behind the administrative firewall will have to be
registered before they can access network
resources such as e-mail, U: drives or the Web.
You can read more about network registration on
the IT Website - http://www.amherst.edu/it/
networking/netreg_faq.html
If you would like to avoid disruption to your
network service, you can pre-register starting
Wednesday, August 17th. To pre-register, go to
NetReg page at https://netreg.amherst.edu.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/it/networking/netreg_faq.html

Students: Get a Job with the IT Department
The IT Department is accepting online
applications from students for the
position of Computer Center Supervisor.
Take care of the Center and help other
students with their computers. We're
looking for friendly people who can
solve problems -- technical knowledge
isn't necessary. We are particularly
looking for first-year students.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/it/students/jobs/application.html

Media Relations Intern Wanted
The director of media relations, in the
Office of Public Affairs, is looking for
a student intern: someone who writes
well and quickly, and who has excellent
research skills. This is an excellent
position for someone interested in a
career in journalism or public
relations. Hours are flexible: 6 hours
a week would be a minimum. Please send a
cover letter and resume to Paul Statt,
psstatt@amherst.edu.
For more information: mailto:psstatt@amherst.edu

Dining Services is Hiring for Fall
Valentine Dining Hall has many jobs
available for night and weekend shifts.
Pay is $8.95 per hour from now until Oct.31.
Please apply in the Dining Services
Office downstairs in Valentine.

Johnson Chapel Flag Is Lowered
The Johnson Chapel flag has been
lowered to half-staff in memory of
those who died in the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina.

Amherst College Choral Society Auditions Sept. 3-6
Painless auditions for the Amherst College Choral
Society will take place Saturday, Sept. 3,
through Tuesday, Sept. 6. All students
are invited to audition for participation in one of
three groups: The Concert Choir (men and women),
the Women’s Chorus or the Men’s Glee Club.
Information and sign-up sheets are located on the
table outside Room 3 of the Music Building. (At a
later date there will also be auditions for the
Madrigal Singers, but you must audition first for
Concert Choir, Women's Chorus or Glee Club.) No
experience is necessary! Come try us out!

Welcome Back from Study Abroad Reception Tuesday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m.
If you have just returned from
studying abroad, you are invited to
come to the new Career Center in
College Hall for a reception in your
honor. We'll have refreshments, tips
on navigating re-entry and an
opportunity to share stories of
adventures far and wide. Join us!

Center for Russian Culture Library and Gallery Hours
The Amherst Center for Russian Culture,
located on the second floor of Webster
Hall, is open Mondays and Wednesdays
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., Fridays from 9 a.m. to noon, and by appointment. For more
information, call ext. 8204 or ext. 2350.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~acrc/

Career Center Open House for New Students Wed. Sept. 7, 7:30 - 9:30
Join us in our great new space in
College Hall and meet our Peer Career
Advisors(Seniors). Come see what we
have to offer you as you get started
on your path! Designed for transfer students and
students in the Class of 2009, as well
as seniors who were away in the
spring. Wednesday, Sept. 7, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. First floor College Hall--the New
Career Center.

Fellowships and Scholarships Meeting Sept. 7
There will be a fellowship and scholarship meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 7 p.m. in Porter Lounge, Converse Hall. If you plan to
apply for any of the fellowships offered
through the College Fellowships
Committee, please plan to attend this
meeting. Most national fellowships and
scholarships have preliminary
application deadlines that fall very
early in the semester. The Office of
Fellowships is located in 213 Converse
Hall. Please call x2536 or e-mail Denise
Gagnon at dmgagnon@amherst.edu as soon
as possible if you plan to apply for
fellowships and scholarships. Some of the national fellowships and scholarships include: Carnegie,
Churchill, Goldwater, Fulbright, Luce, Marshall, Mitchell, Rhodes, St. Andrew's, Truman, Watson.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~careers/fellow/fellow.html

Jazz Auditions Sept. 1-7
All students interested in Jazz Ensemble and/or
Jazz Combo participation should plan to audition
between Sept. 1 and Sept. 7. Sign-up forms and
the audition piece can be found outside Room 103
in the Arms Music Center. Please contact Bruce Diehl,
X8308 or bpdiehl@amherst.edu for more
information.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~jazz

An Introduction to Gender Studies and Research at Amherst College Sept. 7
Wednesday, Sept. 7, 7-8:30 p.m., Lewis-Sebring Dining Commons. Haven't decided on your classes yet?
Want to meet some great professors
interested in gender issues? Amherst Feminist Alliance invites you
to attend this introduction to the
exciting field of gender-related
studies and research at Amherst
College. A panel of faculty members
will talk about their research and
their current classes. The discussion
will be followed by catered dessert and
plenty of time to get to know
professors. This is also a great time
to learn more about the Feminist
Alliance and show your support for
those students and faculty working on
gender issues at Amherst College.

Hurricane Katrina Response -- Planning Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 7
Interested in helping respond to
Hurricane Katrina? All members of the
college community are invited to a
planning meeting, sponsored by
Community Outreach, that will be held
on Wednesday, September 7, at 8 p.m.
in the Friedmann Room (formerly the
Front Room) in Keefe Campus Center. For
more information, please contact Scott
Laidlaw (413/542-5766 or
slaidlaw@amherst.edu).

Fine Arts Majors Meeting Sept. 8
There will be an important meeting for
all Fine Arts majors at 4:30 on Thursday,
Sept. 8, in Pruyne Lecture Hall,
(Room 115 Fayerweather) to discuss
matters of interest to all of us.
Attendance is required of all majors.
Those who are considering a major in
the fine arts are cordially invited to
attend as well. There will be brief
presentations by representatives
from the Mead Art Museum, the Robert
Frost Library, the Visual Resources
Department and Information Technology
to introduce you or re-introduce you
to these important resources. A
reception will be held in the Main
Hall, just outside of Pruyne Lecture
Hall immediately following the
meeting. Please stay to meet other
majors and faculty.

Sept. 8 Auditions for "Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls"
"Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls" by Naomi
Iisuka, directed by Manuame Mukasa, will be presented at Amherst this fall. This delightful play by award-winning
playwright Naomi Iizuka follows young
people in their search for self and meaning
in a world of changing relationships and
locales. In the midst of Komodo dragons,
hula skirts and a wholly superior dog
named Otto, "Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls"
follows individual journeys leading to the
beaches of Hawaii and the wilds of Alaska.
Iizuka gives a compassionate, quirky and
poignant look at people’s attempts to
reinvent themselves with a new sense of
connectedness and purpose in this often
crazy and frequently challenging world.
Auditions will be held on September 8 at
7 p.m., Studio 3, Webster Hall, Amherst
College. Callbacks on September 9. Sign-up sheet and perusal script available
outside of the Theater and Dance Office,
Webster G27. Audition info: Bring a 1-3 minute prepared
piece or something you like--doesn't have to
be from a play. It'll probably be an
advantage to memorize it, but it can also be
read. Performances will be October 20-22, 8 p.m.,
Kirby Theater, Amherst College.

Sept. 8 Auditions for "How I Learned to Drive"
"How I Learned to Drive," by Paula Vogel and directed by Peter Lobdell, will be performed on campus this fall. Paula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning play
traces the delicate territory of sexual abuse,
family dysfunction and individual
responsibility with moving sensitivity and
unexpected humor. We are auditioning for three versatile actors who can play multiple roles. Two women
and a man will play various ages throughout
the play. Auditions will be held on Thursday, Sept. 8, at
7 p.m., Studio 2, Webster Hall, Amherst
College. Callbacks on September 9. Sign-up sheet and perusal script available
outside of the Theater and Dance Office,
Webster G27. Performances will be November 10-12,
8p.m., Holden Theater, Amherst College.

Senior Orientations to the Career Center Begin Sept. 8
Whether you know what your plans are
following graduation, or you have no
idea, this session is the place for
you! Join us to get the information
you need to help you: timelines for
recruiting, graduate school,
fellowships, internships or time off;
CC resources; advising; and more. Three sessions: Thursday, Sept. 8, at 5
p.m.; Monday, Sept. 12, at 7 p.m.; and
Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 4 p.m.; all in
the new Career Center in College Hall. Please RSVP via the Experience
database calendar(go to the Career Center Website,
and click on the Experience link; look
for the event in the calendar.) If
these session fill, we will add
another.

German Film Series: "Herr Lehmann" Sept. 8
On Thursday, Sept. 8, the film
"Herr Lehmann" (directed by Leander
Haußmann, 2003, 105 mins.) will be
shown at 4 and 7:30 pm in Stirn
Auditorium. This is an off-beat, surreal comedy about a bunch
of oddball characters in the West
Berlin bohemian subcultural district
of Kreuzberg, who face unexpected
challenges in 1989, as momentous
events unfold on the Eastern side of
the Wall. In German, with English
subtitles. Admission is free.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~german/_activities.html

Physics Seminar Sept. 8
A physics seminar will be held Thursday, Sept. 8, in Merrill 3 at 4:45 p.m. (Tea will be served in 204 Merrill at 4:15 p.m.) Dr. Ashfia Huq of the Argonne National Lab
will speak on "In-situ measurements of catalysts
using TOF neutron powder diffraction." For an abstract of the talk, contact Ellen Feld in the Physics Department.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~physics

Make Noise in the Library This Sunday
From 8 to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11,
the Library invites all new and
returning students to celebrate the
start of the academic year in the lobby
of the Frost Library. Coffee, snacks,
live music, party hats and prizes.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/library/

German Table Meets Mondays Beginning Sept. 12
The German Table will meet every
Monday at 11:45 a.m. in the Mezzanine of
Valentine Hall. The first meeting of
the fall semester will take place on
Monday, Sept. 12. Come and chat
with faculty and friends!
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~german/_activities.html

Sept. 12 Lecture in Comparative Law
Lecture in Comparative Law: "A
European Constitution Purged of its
Christian Roots: Reflections on
Secularism, Neutrality and
Pluralism,” Professor Joseph Weiler,
holder of the Jean Monnet Chair at NYU
School of Law, Visiting Professor at
the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
September 12 at 4 p.m. in the
Babbott Room of the Octagon.
Sponsored by the Colloquium on the
American Founding; Series on
Jerusalem and Athens.

Sept. 18 Auditions for 2006 Interterm Musical: Leonard Bernstein's
On Thursday through Saturday, February
2-4, 2006, in Buckley Hall, Arms Music
Center, the Music Department will
present its annual Interterm
musical: "Candide," based on the 1759
Voltaire classic, with music by
Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by
Amherst College alumnus Richard
Wilbur. Last year's team for the sold-
out "La Cage aux Folles"--A. Scott
Parry and Mark Lane Swanson--will be
back to direct the stage action and
music, respectively. Initial auditions
are slated for Sunday, Sept. 18,
2005, with callbacks the following
evening. Sunday afternoon musical
rehearsals will begin the following
week, but afternoon/evening rehearsals
will commence in earnest Monday,
Jan. 9, 2006. E-
mail "amherstcandide@gmail.com" for
further info.

History Book Club Selections
Allen Guttmann's "Sports: The First Five Millennia," a social history of the
world's sports, is the fourth
faculty-authored or faculty-edited book
to be a recent History Book Club
selection. Previous selections were
"Interpretations of American History Vol. I : Patterns and Perspectives" by
Francis Couvares and Martha Saxton
(co-editors); "Captors and Captives: The
1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield"
by Kevin Sweeney (with Evan Haefeli,
Tufts University); and Ermengard of
Narbonne and the World of the
Troubadors" by Frederic Cheyette.
"Sports" and "Captors and Captives" were
both published by the University of
Massachuetts Press.

Deborah Gewertz Wins an N.S.F.
The Department of Anthropology and
Sociology wishes to congratulate
Deborah Gewertz and her collaborator,
Frederick Errington of Trinity
College, who have together been
awarded $99,961 by the National
Science Foundation for their research
project entitled Trade Made Flesh: The
Flow of Fatty Meat through the Pacific.

French Enrollments
Those students who have had
difficulties registering for French
courses should know that all sections
of French numbered 5 or higher are
still open. Please register for these
courses using your ADD/DROP forms. Any
queries about placement or any
difficulties registering should be
directed to Professor Rockwell, Chair
of French. He can be contacted
at: pvrockwell@amherst.edu. The
French Department is happy to do
everything it can to accommodate any
students interested in studying
French.

Insight Meditation Group: First Meeting Sept. 13
An insight meditation group for
students, faculty and staff, led by
Mark Hart, adjunct religious advisor,
will meet on Tuesday afternoons,
4-5:30 p.m. in Chapin Chapel
beginning September 13. Insight
meditation, also known as Vipassana
meditation or mindfulness meditation
from the Theravadin Buddhist tradition
of Southeast Asia, cultivates
mindfulness, a quality of mind that
allows us to live in the present moment
with understanding and acceptance. The
group will consist of an informal mix of
guided meditation practice, questions
and answers, discussion and brief
presentations of Buddhist teachings
relevant to the practice. Mark Hart has
a Ph.D. in theology and a masters in
counseling. He has practiced insight
meditation for 24 years, primarily
studying with teachers at Insight
Meditation Society in Barre, Mass., has
taught meditation for 17 years, and is
the founder and guiding teacher of the
Bodhisara Dharma Community. He also has
a private practice of psychotherapy in
Amherst and has been a lecturer in
Buddhist studies at Smith College.

Poet John Kinsella To Read at Amherst College Sept. 13
Prolific poet John Kinsella will kick
off the fall series of the Amherst
College Creative Writing Center,
reading from his work at 8 p.m. on
Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the Pruyne Lecture
Hall (Fayerweather 115) at Amherst
College. The event is free and open to
the public. Refreshments will be served.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09johnkinsella.html

Sept. 13 Lecture on the European Monetary Union
Renzo Castelnuovo of the
University of Siena, Italy
will give a talk titled
"European Monetary Union After Defeat
of the EU Constitution" on Tuesday,
Sept. 13, 4:30-6 p.m. in
Converse 207.
Co-sponsored by the Political Science
and European Science Departments.

Community Involvement Fair Sept. 13
The Community Outreach Office invites
you to attend the Fall Community
Involvement Fair on Tuesday,
Sept. 13, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in
the Friedmann Room in the Keefe Campus Center. Come
learn how YOU can get involved!
Organizations need volunteers,
interns and activists to work on
issues such as: Tutoring/teaching,
Law, Environment, Health, Anti-racism,
Hunger/homelessness, Economic
development and much more. Make a
difference! All students, faculty &
staff are welcome! Light refreshments
will be served.

Medical School Interviews Workshop - Tues., Sept. 13, Career Center
Interviewing for Medical School: a
workshop with Dean Carolyn Bassett,
the health professions advisor. Students in or anticipating the med
school application process are welcome
to attend! Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 5:30 p.m. in
the Career Center - First Floor
College Hall.

Annual Summer-Research Poster Exhibition
Please join us on Tuesday, Sept. 13,
from 4 to 6 p.m. in the lobby of the
Merrill Science Center, as this year's
Amherst College Research Fellows will
present posters describing their work.
Each of these Fellows spent this past
summer pursuing a collaborative research
project in Biology, Chemistry, Geology,
Neuroscience or Physics. All faculty,
staff and students are welcome!
Refreshments will be served, and
information describing research
opportunities in summer 2006 for current
first-years and sophomores will be
available.

Blood Pressure Monitoring for Amherst College Employees Begins Sept. 14
The Keefe Health Center will again
provide blood pressure measurements
during the academic year for all
Amherst College employees who have
concerns. This service during the
academic year will be provided on
Wednesdays on walk-in basis from 9:15
a.m. – 9:45 a.m. A medical assistant
will be available for this service
starting on September 14.

Education Theorist William Howell To Speak at Amherst College Sept. 14
Education theorist William Howell will
speak on “The Education Gap: Vouchers
and Urban Schools,” at 7:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, Sept. 14, in the Babbott Room
of the Octagon at Amherst College.
Sponsored by the Office of the President
at Amherst College, Howell’s talk is
free and open to the public.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09williamhowell.html

Choosing a Study Abroad Program and Applying; Two Sessions on Sept. 14
Join Study Abroad Advisor Dr. Bill
Hoffa to get the information you need
to help you choose the best program
for you! For juniors who have formally declared
their intent to study abroad in the
spring. Two sessions on Wednesday, Sept. 14:
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. in Fayerweather 115; 7-8 p.m. in the Career Center,
College Hall.

Free Tai Chi Classes Begin Sept. 15
Got stress? Discover the Art of Tai
Chi. Free weekly beginner classes will
start Thursday, Sept. 15, from 4 to 5
p.m. in the living room of the Cadigan
Center, 38 Woodside Ave., David Mazor
instructing. For more information
contact David at dmazor@amherst.edu or
256-8595.

Resume Workshop for Seniors and Juniors - Thursday, Sept. 15 at 7:00 p.m.
Join Dean Rosalind Hoffa for this
workshop designed to help you create a
resume that distinguishes you from the
crowd! Thursday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m. in the
Career Center - College Hall.

Optometric Services for Amherst College Students
Amherst College students may obtain on
a fee-for-service basis optometric
care at the University of
Massachusetts Health Services. A complete optometric
examination is available for $58.50 same-day payment (a 10%
discount), $65 if billed. Eyeglasses and contact lens
services are available. The optical shop offers a wide
selection of designer and lower-cost
frames. Sports enthusiasts will find
glasses and goggles, along with sports
bands and cords. You may contact them
at 413/577-5007. Brochures for eye care at the
University Health Services are
available at the Keefe Health Center. Appointments can be made by calling
the University of Massachusetts Health
Services at 413/577-5244. Payment should be made at the
University of Massachusetts Health
Services Eye Clinic or the Cashier's
Desk. Additional optometric services are
available in Amherst. Please consult
the yellow pages of the local
telephone book. If you need further
information, feel free to call the
Keefe Health Center at 413/542-2267.

Amherst and Williams Announce Program for Students at Xavier University in Louisiana
Amherst College President Anthony Marx and Williams
College President Morton Schapiro have
posted a letter about outreach to
Xavier University students who have
been affected by Hurricane Katrina.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/katrina/marx_letter_9sep05.html

T & L Project Lunch on Intellectual Honesty in the Digital Age, Sept. 16
Welcome to new faculty members and
visitors, and welcome back to our other
colleagues. The Teaching and Learning
Project (formerly the Mellon Project) is
a faculty initiative, in collaboration
with the Dean of the Faculty’s Office,
that hosts conversations on pedagogy
meant to bring together faculty across
disciplines and generations. Our first
event will be a lunchtime conversation
with Peter Schilling, director of
information technology, in the Mullins
and Faerber Rooms of Lewis-Sebring
Dining Commons from 12 noon to 1:30
p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16. We’ll
welcome Peter to Amherst and share our
experiences and views of how to design
assignments to prevent plagiarism and
how to explain the nature of
intellectual property, as well as how to
spot and deal with plagiarism when it
occurs. Peter will talk about ways to
support innovation while managing
attribution.

Sept. 16 Info Session for the Soros Fellowship for New Americans
Where: Mt. Holyoke College, Career
Development Center Conference Room. When: Friday, September 16, 2005,11 a.m. -12 noon. Amherst College students interested in
applying for the Soros fellowship are
encouraged to attend this meeting. A
foundation representative will be there
to discuss the fellowship and the
application process. More information about the fellowship
can be found at www.pdsoros.org.
Directions to Mt.Holyoke College
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/directions.shtml
Campus Map to locate the Career
Development Center
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/map/

"Premises for Sale" Will Be Performed Sept. 17
"Premises for Sale," written and performed by
Lisa Biggs '93, will be presented Saturday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. in Kirby Theater at Amherst
College. "Premises for Sale" is a heart-felt and
hilarious examination of the politics of
citizenship in America today. Tickets are free, but reservations are recommended. Call the box office at 413/542-2277.

Four Documentaries on Russia, Sept. 17
Four documentaries on Russia -- "Bye-Bye
Babushka"; "Portrait of Boy With Dog";
"Children of Leningradsky";and "The Ballad
of Bering Strait" -- will be shown on
Saturday, Sept. 17, from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. in Stirn Auditorium. This event is
sponsored by the Russian Dept. and is
free and open to the public.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~russian/events/events.html

Russian Folk Concert Sept. 17
There will be a Russian folk concert
featuring "Barynya" (Taste of Russia
Festival) on Saturday, Sept. 17, in
Buckley Recital Hall at 8 p.m.($). This
event will be a lively evening of dance
and music in the rich Russian tradition.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~russian/events/events.html

Music Practice Rooms and Lockers -- Sign Up By Sept. 16
Students, faculty and staff who wish to
use the Music Dept. practice room
facilities during the 2005-06 academic
year may sign up for a practice room
access key and music locker space during
the first two weeks of the semester as
follows: Tuesday-Friday, Sept. 6-9,
9:30-11:30 a.m.; and Monday-Friday,
Sept. 12-16, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Senior music majors preparing Honors
recitals may reserve practice time
during this two-week period. On
Sunday, Sept. 18, those who have
been issued a practice room key may
schedule reserved practice time for
the fall semester. Those sign-up hours
will be from 12 noon to 5 p.m. and
from 7 to 10 p.m. Information concerning
access to practice rooms and fees is
posted in the Arms Music Center.

Sept. 21 Lecture -- Law and the Stranger
The Department of Law, Jurisprudence and
Social Thought has invited Professor
Hilary Schor, Department of English,
University of Southern California, to
give a talk at Amherst College on
Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 4:30 p.m. in
Clark 100. Her talk is
titled “Who’s the Stranger? Women,
Bastards, Jews & Law in Daniel
Deronda.” Copies of Schor’s paper will
be available prior to the lecture. To
obtain a copy, contact Karen Underwood
at 413/542-2380 or klunderwood@amherst.edu. This event is part of a series of
seminars on Law and the Stranger that
is being sponsored by the Charles
Hamilton Houston Forum Fund. All members of the Five College
Community are invited to attend.

Religious Advisors Office Hours
Paul Sorrentino will hold office hours from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at the Cadigan Center. Bruce Bromberg Seltzer will hold office hours Tuesdays from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Schwemm's. Leon Burrows will hold office hours from 1 to 2:30 Tuesdays at the Cadigan Center. Joseph Gottlieb will hold office hours from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursdays at
Schwemm's.
Elizabeth Carr: 3:00-4:00 on Thurs. at
the Cadigan Center

Community Tennis Program for Children
The Amherst College Women's Tennis
team will be running a Community
Tennis Program for children. All levels are welcome. The program will
run on Wednesdays and Saturdays
starting on September 17. The dates
are as follows: Saturdays(9/17, 11/5)
and Wednesdays (9/21, 9/28, 10/5,
10/12, 10/19, 10/26). Classes are from
10 to 11 a.m. on Saturdays and 3:30 - 4:30
p.m. on Wednesdays. The program cost will
be $110 for all eight classes or $15 per
session. The classes will be held at
the outdoor courts at Amherst College.
For more information, and to pick up
registration forms, please call 413/542-
2316 or stop by Alumni Gym at Amherst
College.

Kaffeeklatsch with German Food & Conversation
Come and join us every Tuesday evening
at 9 p.m. in Porter House
for "Kaffee" and much more!
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~german/_activities.html

Biology Department Honors Class of '06 Initial Research Presentations Begin Sept. 19
Biology Department Honors candidates
from the Class of 2006 will give short
talks on the background, objectives and
significance of their research,
beginning at 3:30 p.m. in Merrill Lecture
Room 4, on Mondays Sept. 19, 26,
October 17, 24 and 31.

"The Empress Josephine" at Mead Sept. 22 to Dec. 18
The Mead Art Museum at
Amherst College will present “The
Empress Josephine: Art and Royal
Identity,” an international loan show
focusing on Napoleon’s consort, “the
incomparable Josephine,” from Thursday,
Sept. 22, to Sunday, Dec. 18. “Art and
Royal Identity” will explore the ways in
which Josephine, like Napoleon, made use
of art and patronage in the fashioning
of her identity. The exhibit will open
with a public reception and lecture on
“Josephine and Malmaison” by Bernard
Chevallier, the director of the Musée de
Malmaison, at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday,
Sept. 29, in Stirn Auditorium. Carol
Solomon Kiefer, the curator of European
art at the Mead Art Museum and curator
of the exhibition, will give a gallery
talk on “The Empress Josephine: Art and Royal Identity” at 12 noon on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the museum.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_08josephine.html

Alex Kozinski To Speak in Observance of Constitution Day Sept. 22
In observance of Constitution Day, the
Honorable Alex Kozinski, U. S. Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, will
deliver a talk titled “At the
Crossroads: The Federal Judiciary and
the Political Branches of Government” at
8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, in the
Babbott Room of the Octagon at Amherst
College. Sponsored by the Office of the
President at Amherst College, the talk
and a reception to follow are free and
open to the public.
For more information: news_releases/05/2005_09kozinski.html

Performance Project Auditions Will Be Held Sept. 20
Performance Project is an evening of original choreography and performance works developed by students
during the fall semester in Theater & Dance
62, Performance Studio, taught at Amherst College by Wendy Woodson. Auditions will be held Tuesday, Sept. 20, 7-9 p.m., in Webster Hall, Studio One, at Amherst College.
Roles: A wide variety of parts is available for
performers of different backgrounds and skill
levels in both dance and theater. The auditions will be held as a 90-minute workshop. Choreographer/directors will present their ideas and preliminary material or
improvisational structures. Performances: December 8-10, 8 p.m. Holden Theater, Amherst College.

Peter Wortsman: Telegrams of the Soul. A reading of short prose by P. Altenberg Sept. 20
Department of German, Amherst College
presents Peter Wortsman: “Telegrams
of the Soul” -- A reading (in English
& German) of short prose by fin-de-
siècle Viennese author Peter Altenberg
(1859-1919). Tuesday, Sept. 20,
4 p.m., Porter House, Amherst
College (on the Amherst Common, next
to the Lord Jeffery Inn). The event
is co-sponsored by the Department of
German, the German Club, the European
Studies Program, the Creative Writing
Center and the Eastman Fund, Amherst
College. For further information,
contact (413) 542-2312. Free, all
welcome. Refreshments will be served.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~german/_events.html

Winternship 2006 Information Session Sept. 20
Spend Interterm 2006 in Washington, D.C.
or New York City! Info session will be
held on Tuesday, Sept. 20, from
7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Campus Center
Friedman Room. The Winternship
Program provides Amherst College
students with the opportunity to work
in the non-profit sector in Washington,
D.C. or New York City during the weeks
of January interterm. The Program
involves internship matching, housing,
stipends and alumni-sponsored
educational, cultural and social
events. We are looking for a set of
committed Winterns for 2006!
Applications due: September 27 at
5 p.m. to the Community Outreach Office.
For more information, e-mail
outreach@amherst.edu or call x5140.

2005-06 Knox Prize Winner
The James Charlton Knox Prize is awarded
to the student whose record through the
junior year demonstrates the greatest
integration of scholarship, interest and
creativity in the study of English. The
2005-06 prize is awarded to Zeina S.
Nasr ’06.

Constance Congdon Awarded the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award
Constance Congdon, playwright-in-
residence at Amherst College, has won the
prestigious Helen Merrill Playwriting Award.
The award comes with a
$20,000 prize and is funded by the estate of
the late, great literary
agent Helen Merrill of New York City. There
is no application
process--American playwrights are selected
for this award by a
committee of their peers. Congdon will be one of the presenters at the
Innovative Theatre Awards
at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Monday,
Sept. 17, in New York City.
The IT Awards were created to celebrate Off-
Off-Broadway.

French Table Meets Tuesdays
French Table will meet on Tuesdays
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Mezzanine in
Valentine Dining Hall. French
speakers of all levels are welcome to
come and converse over lunch. Please
come Tuesday, Sept. 20, and meet Amelle
Guezoun, Simon Mosbah and Amalia
Riotte-Kempf, the new French Teaching
Assistants.

Spanish Table Meets Fridays
The Spanish Table will meet on Fridays
on the Mezzanine in Valentine Dining
Hall from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.. Please
join Spanish speakers of all levels
for food and great company.

Steps to Study Abroad Meeting Tuesday, Sept. 20
If you are a sophomore considering
studying abroad in your junior year,
this is the event for you. Come to
Fayerweather 115 on Tuesday, Sept. 20,
at 4:30 p.m. to find out what you need
to be thinking about and doing. There
will also be a session on Wed. Sept.
21. If these times do not work for
you, future sessions will be offered.

IT Fair in the Campus Center Atrium Sept. 21
The IT department will host a fair
in the Campus Center Atrium on
Wednesday, Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Come to speak with representatives from
the many groups within IT and the
Library, purchase Windows and Microsoft
Office, win an Ipod Shuffle and more!
Candy and general geekiness will be served.

2005-06 Music at Amherst Series Opens Sept. 21 with Pianist Stephen Hough
Music at Amherst opens its 28th season
of world-class chamber music at Amherst
College with the pianist Stephen Hough,
in a program of fantasies by Mozart,
Schumann and Liszt/Busoni, at 8 p.m. on
Wednesday, Sept. 21, in Buckley Recital
Hall in the Arms Music Building at
Amherst College. Tickets for series
subscriptions are on sale until
Thursday, Sept. 15. Five other programs
are included in the series.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09musicattamherst.html

Sept. 21 Russian Center Reception: Griffiths and Rabinowitz ala Russe
A presentation ceremony and reception
will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 21,
at 4:15 p.m. at the Center for Russian
Culture to commemorate the recent
Russian publication of the writings of
Professors Frederick Griffiths and
Stanley Rabinowitz. Their book, "Novel
Epics: Gogol, Dostoevsky and National
Narrative," plus three articles (on
Pasternak and Virgil, Homer and Tolstoy,
and Stalinist Epic), written between
1980 and 1994, were translated into
Russian and released in hard-covered
edition by Ivan Limbakh Publishers (St.
Petersburg). The translator, Petersburg
classicist and literary scholar Elena
Georgievna Rabinowich, will be present.
Please contact the Amherst College
Russian Dept. (413/542-2350) for more
information.

Outreach Council Meeting Sept. 21
Interested in promoting community
involvement, activism and social
change work? Get involved by coming to
an Outreach Council meeting on
Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 6:30 to
7:30 p.m. in Lewis-Sebring. The Outreach
Council acts as an umbrella
organization to encourage relationship
building and to foster collaboration
and communication. The council allows
students and student groups to
network, collaborate and address
common needs. This meeting is open to
all students! Outreach Council members
are also eligible to apply for special
funding for collaborative events.

Steps to Study Abroad for Sophomores -- Session Sept. 21
If you are a sophomore considering
studying abroad in your junior year,
this is the event for you. Come to
Fayerweather 115 on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. to find out
what you need to be thinking about
and doing. If this time does not work for you,
future sessions will be offered.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~careers/

Sept. 21 -- Law and the Stranger
The Department of Law, Jurisprudence and
Social Thought has invited Professor
Hilary Schor, Department of English,
University of Southern California, to
give a talk at Amherst College on
Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 4:30 p.m. in
Clark 100. Her talk is
titled “Who’s the Stranger? Women,
Bastards, Jews & Law in Daniel
Deronda.” Copies of Schor’s paper will
be available prior to the lecture. To
obtain a copy, contact Karen Underwood
at 413/542-2380 or klunderwood@amherst.edu. This event is part of a series of
seminars on Law and the Stranger which
is being sponsored by the Lamont
Lecture Fund. All members of the Five College
Community are invited to attend.

Economics Club Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 21
Get involved in campus events with the
Economics Group! Informational
meeting this Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 8
p.m. in Keefe Campus Center, Room 207.
There will be pizza and drinks, so
come have a slice and learn more about
what we do and the kinds of
opportunities available through the
club. Open to everyone.

Amherst College Responds to Hurricane Katrina -- Read Sept. 15 Letter from President Marx
President Marx has posted a letter to the community, outlining the college's response to Hurricane Katrina. For this and other up-to-date information, as well as discussion boards where you can announce initiatives related to the relief effort, go to http://www.amherst.edu/news/katrina/
For more information: www.amherst.edu/news/katrina/

Student Workers Needed for Homecoming and Family Weekends
The Office of Alumni and Parent
Programs will be hiring student
workers for Homecoming weekend
(October 21 and 22) and for Family
Weekend (November 4 and 5). The pay is
$7.25 per hour, and the schedules are
flexible for either weekend. Jobs
include working at the Alumni House,
driving vans around campus, helping at
Kids’ Fest and selling tickets to
various events. Work-study students
are encouraged to apply. If you are
interested, please contact Barbara
Sieck ’05, alumni fellow, at
bcsieck@amherst.edu or (413) 542-8226.

Amherst Professor Deborah Gewertz Receives National Science Foundation Grant
Deborah Gewertz, the G. Henry Whitcomb
1874 Professor of Anthropology at
Amherst College, and her colleague
Frederick Errington from Trinity College
(Hartford), have received a grant of
$99,961 from the National Science
Foundation to support their research on
the burgeoning trade in fatty meats—and
the growth in obesity—in the developing
world.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09gewertz.html

Amherst College Physics Professor David Hall Receives National Science Foundation Grant
David Hall, assistant professor of
physics at Amherst College, has
received a grant of $317,500 from the
National Science Foundation to support
his research, which brings the strange
quantum world of Bose-Einstein
condensates (BEC), the coldest matter in
the universe, to undergraduate researchers.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09hall.html

Kaplan, Hagadorn and Loinaz Receive National Science Foundation Grant
Scott Kaplan, assistant professor of
computer science, Whitey Hagadorn,
assistant professor of geology, and Will
Loinaz, assistant professor of physics
at Amherst College, have received a
grant of $298,839 from the National
Science Foundation to support setting up
a computer cluster for research that
requires substantial computational
processing and data storage. They will
be building a high performance computing
cluster with 150 processors over the
next three years.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09kaplan.html

Amherst College Chemistry Professors Marshall and Leung Receive NSF Grant
Mark Marshall and Helen Leung,
professors of chemistry at Amherst
College, have received a grant of
$330,787 from the National Science
Foundation to support their research
into the changes that occur in atoms or
molecules at the very beginning of
chemical reactions.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09marshall.html

German Film Series: "Raus aus der Haut" Sept. 22
On Thursday, Sept. 22, the film
"Raus aus der Haut" ("Changing Skins";
directed by Andreas Dresen, 1997, 90
mins.) will be shown at 4 and 7:30 p.m.
in Stirn Auditorium. In the repressive
climate of 1970’s East Germany, two
teenagers decide to
emulate the “adventurous” lifestyle of
left-wing West German Baader-Meinhof
terrorists, with tragicomic
consequences. In German, with English
subtitles. Admission is free.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~german/_activities.html

Hon. Alex Kozinski to Speak on the Federal Judiciary in Observance of Constitution Day Sept. 22
In observance of Constitution Day,
Amherst College is honored to host the
Honorable Alex Kozinski, U. S. Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, who will
speak on “At the Crossroads: The
Federal Judiciary and the Political
Branches of Government” on Thursday, Sept. 22,
at 8 p.m. in the Babbott Room
of the Octagon. A reception will follow.
The public is invited. A distinguished
jurist and prolific writer, Judge
Kozinski was born in Bucharest, Romania,
and came to the United States at age
12. In 1985 he became the youngest
federal appeals judge in the country. To
commemorate the signing of the U.S.
Constitution on September 17, 1787,
Congress in 2004 designated September 17
as Constitution Day. Because the
anniversary falls on a Saturday, Amherst's observance has been moved to Sept. 22. This event is sponsored by the Office of the President.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/news_releases/05/2005_09kozinski.html

Finding an Internship Workshop Sept. 22
Come to the first of our internship
workshops to learn how to find a great
internship opportunity for either
January or next summer. Thursday,
Sept. 22, at 4:30 p.m. in the Career Center.

Physics Seminar Sept. 22
A physics seminar will be Thursday, Sept. 22, in Merrill 3
at 4:45 p.m. (Tea in 204 Merrill @4:15 p.m.) Prof. Daniel Aalberts of Williams College will speak on "Splicing messenger RNA." Abstract: Messenger RNA is severly edited by our
cells; only about 10% of a pre-mRNA is
translated into a protein, the other 90%
gets tossed away. Prof. Aalberts will describe two
methods for identifying the splice
junctions, a thermodynamic theory and a
statistics theory incorporating ideas
from scaling.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~physics

Sports Information Needs Volleyball Statisticians
Looking for 8 student workers to record
volleyball statistics at the Amherst
Classic (Sept. 23-24) and a NESCAC Quad
(Oct. 7-8), both hosted in LeFrak
Gymnasium. Paid postitions for those
who enjoy watching volleyball. Please
apply only if you can work BOTH
weekends in need. To apply, e-mail Tanner Lipsett, tdlipsett@amherst.edu or call x2390.

Change a Light, Change the World
Thursday, Sept. 22, between noon and 4 p.m. at the
Keefe Campus Center, the Physical Plant will
swap students’ energy hungry
incandescent light bulbs for high
efficiency compact fluorescent bulbs.
This swap won’t change your life; the
bulb turns on like a regular bulb, it
has the same color and it easily fits
in most fixtures. BUT using one bulb
for a year saves a power plant from
burning 500 pounds of coal. Burning
that coal would release 1,200 pounds
of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide,
mercury, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen
oxides and other heavy metals--it
could help change the world. On
Thursday, the dorm with the highest
percentage of residents participating
will get pizzas, sponsored by the
Physical Plant.

Amherst College Economics Students Receive Summer Fellowships
Two members of the Class of 2006 were
awarded fellowships for their work at
economic institutes this summer.
Aditya Bhave, of Mumbai, India, was
awarded a John M. Vine ’66 Fellowship,
and Elana Safran, of New York City,
was awarded a James R. Nelson
Fellowship. Bhave worked at the Federal Reserve
Board in Washington, D.C. He worked in
the Division of Research and
Statistics with Chief Carol Corrado
and economist David Byrne on a
project to update research on the
measurement and determinants of prices
for communications equipment. Safran worked at the Maurice Falk
Institute for Economic Research in
Jerusalem. She worked with Professors
Victor Lavy and Daniele Paserman on a
joint project studying the long-term
effects of the age of school entry on
educational outcomes for Israel’s
various and diverse populations. The fellowships supplement salaries
for summer internships at approved
economic research institutions and are
made possible by the generous
donations to the Nelson and Vine Funds.

Overview of Budgetary Procedures for All Students on Sept. 23
Any student interested in applying for
AAS funding is invited to come to an informational session this
Friday, Sept. 23, at 4 p.m. in the
Red Room (Cole Assembly Room, Converse Hall)
on Budgetary Committee procedure and
policy. Come learn how you can make the most
of the money the AAS gives away. Dean
Haynes will speak on alternate sources
of funding. We'd like to hear the
questions and problems you have
experienced in the past. Bring your
pipe dreams too--what you've seen at
other schools, what you’ve imagined,
how your club or life would be so much
better if only... The AAS has a lot
of money, this school has more, and
sometimes we can actually make things
happen
One representative from every AAS-
recognized club must attend. RSVP to
budgetary@amherst.edu.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~budgetary

19th-Century Plumbing at Emily Dickinson Museum Sept. 25
Household plumbing, electric wiring and
heating units are just a few of the
comforts that we take for granted in the
modern home. For houses built in earlier
eras, such emerging technologies were
tests for builders and homeowners. At 2
p.m. on Sunday, September 25, the Emily
Dickinson Museum will explore those
challenges when author and historian
Maureen Ogle presents “Plumbing the
Past: A Lecture and Special Tour of the
Infrastructure of the Evergreens and the
Homestead,” an exploration of the
fascinating world of 19th -century
household technology.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09plumbing.html

Discussion of Experiential Education at Amherst College Sept. 26
A discussion about experiential
education and a talk on the history of
student activism will be held at 4:30
p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26,
in the Babbott Room of the Octagon at
Amherst College. Sponsored by the
Working Group on Experiential Education
and the Office of the President, both
events are free and open to the public.
The 4:30 p.m. panel discussion on
“Colleges and Their Communities: The
Classroom and the World” will feature
panelists Wayne Meisel (The Bonner
Foundation), Jon Isham (Middlebury
College), Preston Smith (Mount Holyoke
College) and Gail Woldu (Trinity
College and ACE Fellow at Amherst). Wayne Meisel will speak at
7:30 p.m.
For more information: news_releases/05/2005_09experiential.html

Study Abroad Fair Monday, Sept. 26 11:30 - 2:00
If you are a sophomore or first-year
considering studying abroad, come to
the Friedmann Room of the Campus
Center on Monday, Sept. 26, from
11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. to talk with
representatives from the many and
varied study abroad programs available
to Amherst students.

Psychology Grad School Info Session - Monday, Sept. 26
The Department of Psychology will host a
panel discussion for students interested
in pursuing graduate training in
psychology on Monday, Sept. 26, at 7
p.m. in Merrill 315. Professors Catherine
Sanderson and Matthew Schulkind will
discuss what factors to consider when
deciding whether to attend graduate
school, strategies for gaining
acceptance to graduate school, the "ins"
and "outs" of the application process,
what to expect from graduate school and
what to expect after graduation. This
meeting is not just for seniors or
psychology majors; it is open to any
student interested in learning more
about graduate training in psychology.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~psych/gradschool.html

Elections for First Year Senators-- Mandatory Meeting Sept. 26
The Association of Amherst Students
(AAS) will be holding elections for eight
first-year representatives on Tuesday,
Oct. 4. Any member of the Class
of 2009 is welcome to run. All candidates must write a statement
of no more than 100 words
to be published in the Amherst
Student. Senate candidates must also prepare a
petition of at 25
students from their class who
believe that the candidate is qualified
to run in the election. There is a mandatory meeting to discuss the
election at 8 p.m. on Monday, Sept.
26, in the Red Room of Converse Hall. Petitions and statements are due at
this time. If you have any questions about the
election process, e-mail Raj Borsellino
at rborsellino08@amherst.edu.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/aas

19th-Century English Novel Prize
The English Department is pleased to
announce the annual prize competition
for the best student essay on the
19th-century English novel.
Please see the English Department
Website for information on how to enter.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~english/prizes/prizes.htm

Law School Information Panel - Harvard, Cornell, NYU and Stanford
Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 27, from
7 to 8:30 p.m. in Alumni House.
A panel of representatives from
top law schools (Harvard, Cornell, NYU and Stanford) will discuss
their programs, admissions and more!

The Resilient City: Disaster Recovery and the Urban Imagination
Professor Lawrence Vale '81, head of
the Department of Urban Studies and
Planning at MIT, will speak on "The
Resilient City: Disaster Recovery and
the Urban Imagination" at 7:30 p.m. in
the Cole Assembly Room, Converse Hall,
on Wednesday, September 28, 2005. Vale will address how cities that have undergone substantial
disasters--"natural" and "man-made"--
restructure themselves, and how the
relationships between the geo-political
site and the imaginative site manifests
itself during this process. He will
certainly address the current problems
caused by the disaster in New Orleans
and faced by those who would rebuild it. This event is supported by the
President's Initiative Fund on the
Urban Imagination.

"Naked Truth" Theater Performance Sept. 27
"The Naked Truth" is a series of real-
life vignettes exploring sexual
violence and its consequences from the
perspective of both the victim and
perpetrator. Amherst is represented
in this Five College production.
The performance will take place in Stirn Auditorium on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at
7:30 p.m. Dessert and discussion
are included. The event is sponsored by the UMass Theater
in collaboration with the Five College
Sexual Assault and Intervention
Committee through an Office of Violence
Against Women grant.

Perspectives on Privilege: Exploring Identity, Race and Racism on Campus and Beyond on Sept. 27
Perspectives on Privilege: Exploring
Identity, Race and Racism on Campus
and Beyond. This workshop will be
facilitated by Kelley Brown '99 on
Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 6:30 p.m.
in the Friedmann Room, Campus Center.
All are welcome, and refreshments will be
served.

Teach For America CNN Documentary Screening and Q & A on Sept. 27
Teach for America and their recruitment team will be on campus for a screening of a CNN documentary about the achievement gap and Teach for America's ongoing mission to eradicate educational inequity. Pizza will be served, and the viewing will be followed by a question and answer session. Last year, Teach For America was the single highest employer of graduating Amherst seniors. Come learn more about what college graduates across the country are doing to ensure that one day, every child has the opportunity to receive an excellent education. The screening will be held Tuesday, Sept. 27, in Porter Lounge, Converse Hall at 6 p.m.
For more information: www.teachforamerica.org

Glenn Goldberg Will Present Fine Arts Lecture Oct. 6
Artist Glenn Goldberg will lecture on
his work on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 4:30 p.m. in Pruyne
Lecture Hall (115 Fayerweather). A reception will follow in the Main Hall, Fayerweather. The
lecture is in conjunction with his
exhibition in the Eli Marsh Gallery,
Fayerweather Hall, September 29 -
October 22.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~finearts/Calendar05-06.htm

Multimedia Artist Wenda Gu To Speak at Amherst College Oct. 20
Artist Wenda Gu will speak at 4:30 p.m.
on Thursday, Oct. 20, in Pruyne Lecture
Hall (115 Fayerweather). This event is free and open to
the public. A reception will follow in
the main hall in Fayerweather.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09gu.html

Glenn Goldberg Exhibit in Eli Marsh Gallery Opens Sept. 29; Artist Lecture Oct. 6
"For Huxley, Kant and Roberto
Clemente," an exhibition of drawings
and paintings by Glenn Goldberg, takes
place September 29 - October 22 in the
Eli Marsh Gallery, Fayerweather Hall.
The artist will give a lecture on his
work on Thursday, Oct. 6, 4:30 p.m.
in Pruyne Lecture Hall, 115
Fayerweather. Reception follows at the
gallery. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.;
Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.. Free and open to
the public.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~finearts/Goldberg.htm

Sept. 29 Physics Seminar
A physics seminar will be held Thursday, Sept. 29, in Merrill 3 at 4:45 p.m. (Tea will be served in 204 Merrill at 4:15 p.m. Prof. Moses H. W. Chan of Penn State University will speak on "Einstein's Legacy in Low
Temperature Physics: Superfluids and
Supersolids. " Abstract:
Einstein, building on the idea of
Satyendra Bose, made the remarkable
prediction that a collection of certain
of particles, known as bosons, will at
sufficiently low temperature lose their
individual identities and behaves as one
giant 'atom'. This transformation, known
as Bose-Einstein condensation, was
observed in liquid helium nearly 70
years ago and in the vapor phase 10
years ago. Liquid helium then becomes a
frictionless superfluid with a multitude
of amazing properties, not imagined even
by Einstein. Even more extraordinarily,
solid helium was recently found in the
laboratory to show the same amazing
properties -- it becomes what is now known
as a 'supersolid' i.e, a solid which can
flow like a superfluid, without any
resistance, through even atomic-size
holes. This public lecture will explain
in simple terms how such incredible
behavior is possible.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~physics

Finding an Internship with the Federal Government - Thursday, Sept. 29
Interested in an internship with the
federal government? Join us in the
Career Center on Thursday, Sept.
29, at 7:30 p.m. to learn how to find
the perfect one for you!

Education Job Search Strategies Session Thursday, Sept. 29
Come find out how to apply to public,
private and international schools.
Thursday, Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m. in the
Career Center.

“Josephine and Malmaison” lecture by Bernard Chevallier on Sept. 29
The Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
will celebrate the opening of the
exhibition “The Empress Josephine: Art
and Royal Identity” with a reception and
lecture on “Josephine and Malmaison” by
Bernard Chevallier, the director of the
Musée de Malmaison in Rueil-Malmaison,
France, at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept.
29, in Stirn Auditorium at Amherst
College. Sponsored by the Georges Lurcy
Lecture Fund at Amherst College,
Chevallier’s lecture and a champagne
reception afterward in the museum are
free and open to the public.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09chevalier.html

Amherst College Professor Hilary Moss Wins 2005 Eggertsen Dissertation Prize
Amherst College Assistant Professor of
History and Black Studies Hilary Moss
has been awarded the History of
Education Society's 2005 Claude C.
Eggertsen Prize for her dissertation,
“Opportunity and Opposition: The
African-American Struggle for Education
in New Haven, Baltimore, and Boston,
1825-1855.” This award is given annually
to the best dissertation on the history
of education.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09moss.html

Kosovar Library Interns Train at Amherst College
Two student librarians from Kosovo will
be interning at Amherst College’s Robert
Frost Library one day per week through
November 10. Shukrie Rama and Urim
Salluka are part of a training and
academic program for nine staff members
of the National and University Library
of Kosovo. The program, conducted by the
Institute for Training and Development
and the Simmons College Graduate School
of Library and Information Science, is
designed to expose participants to the
technologies, policies and procedures of
modern librarianship so they may serve
effectively as librarians in the new
library of the University of Pristina in
Kosovo. The participants' work after
returning to Kosovo will support the
university curriculum. The program is
funded by a grant from the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs of the
United States Department of State.
For more information: www.amherst.edu/~pubaff/news/news_releases/05/2005_09kosovarinterns.html

Weekly Thursday Afternoon Tea in Frost Library
The weekly afternoon tea will be served in the library on
Thursday afternoons from 3:30 to
4:30 p.m. All are welcome and invited to attend.